Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-20
Written for The SUNDAY MI
FLEURETTE.
BY MATT. ". ANDERSON.
CHAPTER III.
BEVERLY TELLS HOW HE WON HER.

rhose Of nv readers who have famllar'
I.homselves with human nature have
doubt observed that Beverly q mace
mistake by falling too deeply inlove.
Whom a woman once pushes an adnirer
away from herself he should go y little
,,rtber from her than she expects he will,
I'D If he goes on and attends to his bust.
= 9 instead OF keeping an anxious look
.,+ ior her, she will Don come along side
u him and show an anxiety for his atten-
tons.
Beverly never old me 80, in as many
-ords but | was led to infer from what he
said that the real cause OF the estrange-
mont between himself and his sweetheart
uos iealously. He had evidently never
,oad the advice OF wicked Mr.. W. to Bull
wer as related by that gentleman in his
outobiography: IF ever you fall in love,
cir don't be too much in love-not enough
in love to be jealous. jealousy makes a
man mad, and brings the devil into his
heart; so that ii he does not commit crime,
he NAV think it,
There was another reason for my think
n, that Beverly had bAen overcome by
JEALOUSY, and that vas the BACKGROUND OF
. letter he afterward sent Fleurette, and
vbich appears further IN.
4 Nothing in a man SO charms q woman as
70 see that man possessed Of an absolute
4 confidence IN himself. Whatever may have
bsen the surrounding circumstances at the
time Of Beverly's courtship, they evidently
so seighed upon him that, for a moment
Of least, he was not able to stand erect.
Iss consequence he was swept down by
,f+ NNhnfhor nr mt ~ roo1ivod Uhoro
he stood and tool correct measures to
overcome the lost position, l leave my
readers to judge after completing his story,
which continued as follows:
an the eyes of the young lady l had en-
deavored to win l had made a regular fool
of myself. l certainly enjoyed the reputa-
ton in the city where l lived Of being any
thing but a fool, and the evidence she set
up to prove that | was one was wholly I'M
worthy of her. If, as she virtually asserted
by her actions, l was making a TOOL of my
self in Toying her she was thereby paying
herself an insult that she would not take
kindly from any one else. Her action was
no reflection on me. 1t was simply an at
tempt to demonstrate to me that she was
not possessed nf the good qualities l gave
her credit for having. And she insisted to |
such an extent that began to think her es-
innate of herself was correct after all, and
that my judgment was seriously at fault.
II began to study wherein 1 had made a
| failure. l said to myself, in the words Of
Shakespear, She is a woman, therefore to
be won.' Why have l failed to win her?
In thus rejecting there was one fact that
always appeared OF extra prominence, and
that was the sublime confidence in the mind
Of Fleurette that my love would never die.
As | recalled her look i. seemed to say:
oh, l couldn't drive you away if wanted
to-
81 saw that my only hope OF success was
in disabusing her mind of this idea. If
could turn the tables on her and place her
in the same situation in which l had been,
would then have an opportunity to show
her how much more magnanimous a man
would be to one in love with him than a
woman under such circumstances. A man
appreciates the love of one OF the opposite
sex. but a woman-in the words Of Byron:
What cares she for hearts already won.
"You have observed that if you wound
an antelope, it will take you longer to
capture it than it might take you to hunt
up another band and bring down half a
dozen. 1t is the same way in counting a
woman. If you make a failure in your first
ATTEMPT you can make half a dozen con-
quests in the same time it will take you to
win the woman whose affections you have
but partially aroused.
an the language OF a poet: |
He that can love unloved again
Hath better store of love than BRAIN
II gradually came to the conclusion that
had better curb my love and give my
/ brains a chance. l was getting ON admira.
I bly, in this respect when a situation eneuel
that helped me out amazingly. |,
Some two years had elapsed since Miss
Teurette and myself had had a falling out.
Twas head man in one of the largest dry
goods houses in the city. The proprietor
was considerable of a gallant and passed
most OF the evenings out. As / had had my
heart pretty badly shaken upIcame to the
conclusion l could protect it better by
keeping it locked up than by mixing with
society. AS a consequence l was generally
the last one at the store every evening.
Behind a dry goods counter one has an
excellent opportunity to judge what kind
OF women the city contains, both as to
their bringing up and their native worth,
and | think leading such a life has a ten
dency to take the feather edge off any SEN
timentality that may form a part Of a ,
mans original composition.
while following this occupation ayoung
lady whose home was in st. Louis put in
appearance in the city, on a visit to rela-
tives who were particular friends to my
mother and sisters. Nearly every young
man in the city was more or less fascinated
with her, and not without cause. She was {
really handsome. Then, to beauty of face
and a form charmingly symmetrical, she
added a grace of manner that was truly
captivating. She had not been long in the /
city before my sisters were completely in
love with her. Thinking, as they did,,
everything in the world OF me they were
anxious that l pay my addresses in that
quarter.
Without intending to flatter myself, 1
must say the young lady herself seemed
quite anxious l should do so. It was not
my superior qualifications that led her to y
favor me for she could take her pick and
there were many men in the city that I
would have been considered much more {
desirable catches. l think my apparent 9
Indifference to her charm was what made
her seek more thar anything else to inf1u- il
ence me. | never visited her at her tenn
porary home except in company with 9th /
es, but frequently when I returned home d
rom work at the store l found her there
with my folks and, as | had too much gal g
sntry to see any m l respected upon 8
The streets alone after dark, when in her q
Judgment it became time to go home l &
frequently accompanied her. If words and '
actions are any indication OF how one i
iees she was always glad When 1 did 80. =
This state of affairs had existed q few !.
months when Miss Fleurette returned. She y
must have taken in the situation at a "
glance and somehow it was not a pleasing
one to her. | received one or two intima- II
lions that she had modified her opinions IL
somewhat and that, should | call, / might 0
nope Tor "A more courteous reception than !"
mad been accorded me before. l was just
smart enough not to take the hint in the b
way it was Intended l should. had long q
since made up my mind that if any woman N
got me a condition precedent must be that p
hr love accompanied her acceptance OF my a
nahd and. after my experiences, ! was not
gong to accept any equivocal or half way "
assurance of that fact. I'll
'lhings soon came to such q pass be- d
tween the young lady from st. Louis and W
myse ! that / saw | must either withdraw CT
,,r.irely or become her accepted sutton.
WIN IA heart naturally susceptible to 81
.s"inlne loveliness, a more han reasonable in
mo" Tor success. and my efforts to win a,
Hiss fleurette being still no nearer success, 81
Tissue thantwoa and half years previous al
determined to end the matter one way or n
'e other then and there.
fortunately, in my defeat in the siege y
ir The heart OF Miss Fleurette, l had not al